FREE COACHING &
ALLIED SCHEME FOR THE CANDIDATES BELONGING TO MINORITY
COMMUNITIES
(Effective from
17.7.2007)
1.1
The scheme aims to
empower the minority communities by assisting the economically weaker sections
of students among them through coaching institutions for enhancing their skills
and capabilities to make them employable in industries, services and business
sectors in addition to the government sector. It has built-in resilience to
adapt to the market dynamics on a continuous basis so that the target groups are
not deprived of the professional acumen demanded by the changing/emerging market
needs and opportunities for employment at domestic as well as international
levels.
1.2
Separate schemes for providing coaching to students belonging to
scheduled caste, minority communities and backward classes were being
implemented from 6th Five Year Plan. These
separate schemes were amalgamated with effect from September, 2001 into a
combined Scheme of Coaching and Allied Assistance for Weaker Sections including
Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities. After creation of the
Ministry of Minority Affairs, a new scheme called Free Coaching & Allied
Scheme for candidates belonging to minority communities has been formulated
keeping in view the emerging trends of employment in the era of economic
reforms, liberalization and globalization.
The objectives of the
scheme are to assist students belonging to minority communities by way of
special coaching for the following:-
a)
Qualifying
examinations for admission in technical/professional courses such as
engineering, law, medical, management, information technology etc. and
language/aptitude examinations for seeking admission in foreign universities.
b)
Competitive
examinations for recruitment to Group A, B, C and D services and other
equivalent posts under the Central and State governments including
police/security forces, public sector undertakings, Railways, banks, insurance
companies as well as autonomous bodies; and
c)
Coaching for jobs in
the private sector such as in airlines, shipping, information technology
(IT), business process outsourcing (BPO) and
other IT enabled services, hospitality, tours and travels,
maritime, food processing, retail, sales & marketing, bio-technology and
other job oriented courses as per the emerging trend of
employment.
d)
Remedial coaching at
undergraduate and post graduate level to improve the academic knowledge and
enable the student to catch up with the rest of the class and complete the
course successfully.
3.
IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES
AND ELIGIBILITY
The following types of
organizations will be eligible for running the coaching programmes under this
scheme:-
i)
All institutes in the
Government sector including universities and autonomous bodies engaged in the
coaching activities.
ii)
All institutes in the
Government sector including universities and autonomous bodies engaged in
imparting remedial coaching to the students belonging to minority
communities.
iii)
University/colleges in
private sector engaged in coaching activities including deemed
universities.
iv)
Institutes in the
private sector engaged in coaching activities/job oriented coaching/training for
placement in private sectors, which is a trust, company, partnership firm, or
society registered under relevant law and of relevant industry, bodies or
institutes, preferably identified by them.
The coaching
institutes should fulfil the following conditions :
a)
The institutes should have required number of well qualified faculty
members either on its pay roll or on part time
basis.
b)
The institutes should have necessary infrastructure such as premises,
library, requisite equipment etc. to run the coaching classes/training centers.
This condition will not apply for field recruitment of constables and equivalent
in the police/security forces and railways.
c)
The institutes should have experience of imparting coaching for a period
not less than three years provided that those functioning for less than three
years may be considered only if their success rates are significantly
high.
d)
Coaching institutes should have a minimum success rate of
15%. A three year moving average could be considered for this
purpose. Coaching institutes having better success rate will be given
priority.
e)
Coaching institutes which are imparting coaching for entrance
examinations and whose students have been able to obtain admission in reputed
colleges/institutes, will be given priority under this
category.
f)
Coaching for industry specific courses/jobs will be encouraged for
private sector jobs.
i)
The Ministry of Minority Affairs will advertise the details of the scheme
and invite proposals from the coaching/training institutes by 30th
April of every year.
ii)
While the institutes in government sector can send proposals in the
prescribed proforma directly to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the
organizations in the private sector including non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) should submit their proposals through the State government/UT
administration concerned.
iii)
The State governments/UT administrations will conduct necessary
inspection of the coaching institute with respect to eligibility and
feasibility of the project proposal and forward the proposal with
specific recommendations to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
iv)
The proposals received from institutes will be scrutinized, processed in
the Ministry and placed before a Committee consisting of the following members,
for selection of the institutes for funding:-
a)
Secretary(Minority
Affairs)
Chairperson
b)
Financial Advisor
(Minority
Affairs)
Member
c)
Joint Secretary
(Minority
Affairs)
Member
d)
Representative from
the Ministry of
HRD
Member
e)
Representative from
the Ministry of Labour
Member
f)
Representative from
UGC
Member
g)
Director/Deputy
Secretary, Minority Affairs
Convener
v)
The Committee may, for a specific period not exceeding one financial
year, co-opt any other professional as member(s), as and when
required.
5. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CANDIDATES/
STUDENTS
i)
Candidates must have secured the requisite percentage of marks in the
qualifying examination prescribed for admission into the desired
courses/recruitment examinations.
ii)
Only candidates belonging to the minority communities having total family
income from all sources not exceeding Rs.2.50 lakh per annum will be eligible
under the scheme.
iii)
Benefits of coaching under the scheme can be availed by a particular
student once only, irrespective of the number of chances; he/she may be entitled
to in a particular competitive examination. The coaching institution will be
required to take an affidavit from the student that they have not taken any
benefit under this scheme.
iv)
In case, where the examination is conducted in two stages i.e.
preliminary and main, the candidates will be allowed to take coaching of the
preliminary as well as the main examination, but coaching for the main
examination will be allowed only to those who have qualified the preliminary
examination for the year/examination concerned.
v)
Students covered under
the scheme shall have to attend all classes. In the event of
any student remaining absent for more than 15 days, without any valid reason or
leaving the coaching midway, the entire expenditure incurred on the candidate
will be recovered from the institute concerned.
(i)
100 % financial
assistance will be provided to the selected coaching/training institutes and the
institutes imparting remedial tuition.
(ii)
Stipend will be given
by the Ministry for maintenance of the students. The details of the rates of
financial assistance are given below:-
|
Sl.
No. |
Type of
Coaching/ remedial coaching |
Coaching/
remedial coaching fee
|
Amount of
Stipend |
|
1. |
Group A
Services |
As fixed by the
institute, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 20000/-
|
Rs.1500 /-for
outstation candidates, Rs. 750/-for local
Candidates |
|
2. |
Group B
Services |
As fixed by the
institute, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.
15,000/-. |
-Do- |
|
3. |
Group C
Services |
As fixed by the
institute, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 10,000/-.
|
-Do- |
|
4. |
Entrance
examination for technical/ professional courses |
As fixed by the
institute, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 20000/-
|
Rs.1500 /-for
outstation candidates, Rs. 750/-for local
Candidates |
|
5. |
Coaching for
jobs in private sectors |
As fixed by the
institute, subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.
20,000/-. |
-Do- |
|
6. |
Remedial
coaching/tuition |
As charged by
the institutes for the extra tuition classes. |
Not
Applicable |
|
7. |
Coaching for
recruitment of constables and equivalent in police/security forces and
railways. (For a period not exceeding five days) |
At nominal
rates, as proposed by the institute and fixed by the committee
|
Rs.100 /-for
outstation candidates, Rs. 50/-for local candidates. |
(iii)
The grant in aid released by the Ministry shall be deposited directly
into an account opened by the institute for this purpose.
(iv)
The grant-in-aid shall be released as per norms prescribed in the General
Financial Rules and other appropriate decisions at the Ministry level.
v)
Funds will be released to the institutes in first instalment of 70% and
second instalment of 30%.
vi)
Funds will be released in subsequent years after inspection of the
organization by Central Government/State Government or any other agency
designated by the Ministry.
vii)
Sanction of subsequent year proposal will depend on level of success rate
of the coaching institutes in competitive examinations and placement for jobs in
private sectors.
viii)
Efforts will be made to maintain a reasonable geographical distribution
of funds, based on the geographical distribution of minorities.
The relevant benchmark will be the address of the students
coached.
7.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY THE
COACHING INSTITUTES
i)
The institute shall maintain full details of name, address, and telephone
number etc. of the candidates enrolled for coaching programme and furnish this
information to the Ministry.
ii)
The institute shall maintain full records of
each candidate admitted like age, gender, educational qualifications, bank
account number etc.
iii)
The admissible amount payable towards stipend shall be paid to the
candidates on monthly basis through their bank account
number.
iv)
Separate account will be maintained by the institute for the funds
released by the Ministry that will be made available to the Ministry of Minority
Affairs as and when requisitioned for inspection.
v)
The institutes shall utilize the funds for the specified purposes only.
The grantee institute shall give an undertaking that in the event of acting in
contravention of this condition, it will refund the amount
received with 18% penal interest and any other action, as deemed necessary by
the government.
vi)
The coaching
institution will also be required to take an affidavit from the student that
they have not taken benefit earlier under this scheme or any other similar
scheme funded by the government.
vii)
The institution shall
submit a certificate accepting the terms and conditions laid down by the
Ministry of Minority Affairs and furnish a bond with two sureties in the name of
the competent authority responsible for actual implementation of the scheme and
also responsible for furnishing of accounts of the grant sanctioned.
viii)
The institute shall be
solely responsible in ensuring that only students of meritorious standing are
admitted for coaching.
ix)
The institute shall
provide the bank account and full address for crediting the sanctioned coaching
fee directly into the institute account.
x)
After completion of
the coaching programme, the institute shall immediately submit the utilization
certificate and audited accounts certified by a Chartered Accountant to the
Ministry of Minority Affairs, along with the following
documents:-
(a)
Income and expenditure
account/balance sheet for the year including receipt & payment account of
the institute in respect of funds received during the
year.
(b)
A
certificate to the effect that the institution has not received any other grant
for the same purpose from any other Ministry/Department of the Government of
India, State/UT Government and any other Government/Non-Government
organization.
xi)
The selected institute should be willing to mobilize its own resources
for smooth conduct of the approved programme. They shall be duty bound to ensure
that neither the coaching/training programme nor the payment of stipend to the
enrolled candidates suffer due to delay, if any, in release of
funds.
Monitoring of the
progress made by the grantee institutes will be carried out as
follows:
i)
The institute shall submit periodic progress report of the coaching
classes as prescribed in the sanction order to the Ministry of Minority Affairs
and the State Government/UT administration.
ii)
The institute shall
submit information of employment secured by the candidates coached by them in
Government and placements secured through their efforts in private sector to the
Ministry of Minority Affairs and the State Government/UT
administration.
iii)
The grantee institute will be open to inspection by
the officers of Central Government/State Government/UT and agencies designated
by the Ministry.